Juicing for weight loss

The best weight loss diet is not a diet.

Its no mystery that eating the right foods and getting the right exercise and maintaining a healthy lifestyle will help you lose and maintain a healthy weight. Here is a video with a guide to healthy eating.

Juicing For Weight Loss:

We at juicing shack do not advocate juicing as another diet alternative to weight loss. We believe that a one day juice detox program can jumpstart you into healthier eating habits. One day juice detox could help you reduce your sugar and salt cravings and could help you in your plan for a healthy lifestyle in the future. Try our one day detox to give you a headstart to a more healthy lifestyle and a start to juicing for weight loss.
If a healthy diet and nutrition program is uppermost on your list of priorities, you will soon discover that combining juicing for weight loss is a great option. A combination of vegetable juices along with revving up your metaboilsm with some exercise and a well devised healthy eating plan would help you get started on your weight loss journey.

We suggest incorporating juicing into your daily diet to add micro nutrients with a wealth of benefits with no dietary fat. Your body will get the benefits of concentrated enzymes, vitamins, and minerals necessary for energy and building immunity. A glass of fresh vegetable juice before a meal would help you diminish hunger.

Best vegetables for juicing for weight loss

If you do not have a juicer you could buy a relatively inexpensive centrifugal ejection juice machine, these juicers work well to give you a nutrient rich juice within minutes.

The masticating juicers like the Omega 8005 juicer, or the well-known Champion Juicer are a little more expensive but they allow you to make a variety of other tempting low calorie treats like frozen desserts and delicious fruit sauces.

Try incorporating veggies and fruits of different colors to get a diverse range of nutrients.

If you prefer to start with a balanced, nutrition-rich eating plan, you will discover that having at least one glass of vegetable juice per day will make it easier to reach your weight loss goals in the long run.

Juicing for weight loss also supplies your body with the concentrated nutrients it needs to manage any ailment more effectively. It also boosts your immune system, and soothes the digestion. You can easily take care of water retention, by juicing a delicious combination of celery, cucumber, cranberry, and watermelon.

An easy recipe to get you started...

This is a recipe from the book Miracle Juicing

It's called ginger spice:
Drink a glass of this juice before lunch to maintain energy.

Ingredients:

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1 tbsp Spirulina (optional) (available at whole foods or at a health store). Caution: it changes the color of your drink to a dark green color.

Juice the ingredients in a juicer and serve. Add spirulina which is an optional ingredient but it contains phenylalanine which acta as an appetite suppressant.

Loosing weight with a sensible balanced diet and regular exercise may help you lose weight more gradually but it will be more likely to stay off.

A simple plan:

We encourage you to make a simple plan with action steps for yourself.

A guideline plan could look something like this:

• Do a one day detox:
  An excellent way to kick start any weight loss plan is with a one day detox to stimulate your system and energize your intention.

• Make a reasonable juicing target:
  You could start off by juicing atleast thrice a week and move on to juicing daily. Your plan could include having atleast one vegetable juice a day.

• Make simple substitutions in your diet.

1. Replace the unhealthy fats with the healthy fats. Use olive or canola oil instead of saturated fats like butter or margrine. When it comes to heart health there are good fats and bad fats. And one of the fats you want to eliminate are saturated fats that are found in meats and full fat dairy products. The Salad bar is a really easy place to do this where you replace the unhealthy fats with more healhy fats. One choice you can make use avocados in your salad instead of blue cheese. Replace bacon with almonds (monounsaturated fats) for the crunch. Choose olive oil and vinegar dressing instead of creamy dressing.
   






























2. Add fibre to your diet. When you juice you do remove most of the fibre from your fruits and vegetables. You could get creative and use that fibre in different recipes. Choose 100% whole grain products over those made with refined flour. Switching to 100% whole grain bread may be a challenge for some people. Its good to try different alternatives of whole grain bread like the Indian chapati or whole grain pita bread.






























3. Boost your calcium and magnesium intake:Increasing calcuim intake helps loosing weight and more importantly loosing fat. Food sources of Calcium include dairy products, green leafy vegetables and fish like salmon and sardines. It is also important to have sufficient magnesium intake to help in Calcium

• Visit your local farmers market once a week:

This is a picture of the farmer's market in Santa monica. A whole array of fresh organic veggies and fruits are available. Try visiting your local farmers markets or your organic food stores to shop around for some delicious produce.

• Don't Confuse Hunger with Thirst: Often times when you have hunger pangs you may be thirsty and not hungry. Have a glass of water and then decide if you want to get a snack.

Try not to think of being on a diet, just try to make substitutions to avoid eating the unhealthy foods. Also if you do indulge or fall of the wagon which may happen, just get back to the plan. Its not about being rigid and getting disappointed but more about seeing encouraging results and living healthier.

Keep in mind that, before you start this juicing for weight loss program or any other weight loss program, you must consult your doctor. This is especially important if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, nursing or have any illness especially diabetes.